October 19, 2021

Various US officials have accused China of developing "hypersonic missile" technology, such as the secretary of defense, US envoy to the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, White House officials, and State Department spokesperson. But the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the so-called "hypersonic missile" test in some Western media's reports was actually "a routine test of spacecraft to verify technology of the craft's reusability."

China is not on par with the US in terms of strategic nuclear power. The weapons the two countries have are not of equal number: The nuclear warheads of both sides are not even close on scale. On the other hand, Washington has been aggressively building up its defense system since its "Star Wars" program. It has increased the deployment and connectivity of its facilities aimed at China and Russia. But facing these two great powers, there will be endless loopholes in the "absolute security" the US pursues.

The sense of crisis Washington has experienced recently is caused by hypersonic weapon technology because the current US missile defense system will not be able to deal with such a revolutionary technology. This means Washington's defense system may become useless. The US fears that the nuclear power pattern between major powers might change once China and Russia possess this new missile technology. So the US has been keeping a close eye on any Chinese move that might be related to the technology.

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